Our Philosophy
Bedrock of Yoga Philosophy
No experience in life is eternal. Whatever is happening to you is just fleeting, nothing stays forever. Haven’t you? You might have noticed that in one moment you are happy, and the very next moment you become hopeless and miserable. You feel ‘lacking’ something in life even when life is running smoothly. When neither joy nor unhappy satiates you, this is the time to step-in yoga practice. You may ask: “What Satbodh yoga school cover in philosophy class under yoga teacher training course?
We clarify that why yoga is prerequisite to modern aspirants. Our teaching methodology connects you directly no matter where you live, what you believe in and why you have opted for meditation techniques. All persons have mental fluctuations that never allow your mind to remain silent and content-free. Yoga begins when all the waves in the lake of your mind turns standstill and your awareness turns back to its source.
Six Principles of Yoga Teacher Training Course in Rishikesh
Satbodh foundation has laid down six principles to gradually free yourself from past impressions, memories, dreams, desires that fills only garbage in your mind. You are stick to what is irrelevant that let your awareness rotate in the same wheel of repetition. Yoga is light and thought-constructs (vrittis) are darkness of ignorance. When mind is entrapped in the same repetitions, one can’t see ‘Truth’.
Vow (sankalp)
The first step towards inner transformation is sankalp
Surrender (samarpan)
Surrender everything that you have to ‘existence’
Commitment (pratibadata)
Sticking to the purpose of seeking transformation is commitment
Presence (upastiti)
Remaining in the present moment is strongest chain of transformation
Empty mind (khali mann)
Only an empty mind is worthy for timeless yogic wisdom
Blissful state (anand)
A state of open and receptive mind to grasp what is orally transferred
Our Teaching Philosophy
Yoga aphorisms or verses were written at a time when Gurus and disciples were well familiar with Sanskrit language and shared common ashrams. Now, the time have changed and traditional values has been replaced by scientific outlook. Yoga is science of body, breath and mind. Under various format of yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, Satbodh Foundation combines both theoretical and practical training classes to ensure transformation in every aspirant. The basic course is 100-hour yoga teacher training course which prepares you for advance 200 hour yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh.
Satbodh yoga school imparts practical training classes with hatha yoga’s preparatory asanas to turn your awareness from gross to subtle. Then comes pranayama i.e. expansion of vital energy (prana). Bandha and mudra are preservation of vital energy by making subtle circuit where it checks leakage of energy. Shatkarma is six purification techniques to remove all the blockages in your physical and subtle levels of existence. It helps you to understand clearly what is classical hatha yoga philosophy behind synchronization of mind and body.
Meditation Philosophy
Meditation is never practiced but it happens spontaneously as flower blooms and tree yield fruits without any effort. It is a matrix of mind where it connects to the universal mind. There are no memories, impressions, dreams and desires. Meditation is void state of mind where it empties itself from all information and receptive and open to divine transformation. It is restoring pristine purity of mind where only consciousness exists. The expression of ‘Self’ is consciousness which is timeless beyond the limitations of space and direction.
Satbodh yoga school teaches traditional techniques of dhyana considering every type of mind. Our meditation course is basic seven days Sat Meditation includes basic object-based meditation techniques where you take the support of either breath or mantra or any part of your body or any outer gross object. The advanced seven days Sat Meditation is objectless without any support. You directly plunge into your innermost core. The practice of asanas and pranayama prepares you for meditation under YTTC by synchronizing your mind, body and breath in sync with cosmic geometric pattern.
Breath Philosophy
Breath is a natural cycle of inhalation and exhalation. There are two points (inner and outer) where breath stops for split of seconds but still the life continues. The corporal text of Vijnanabhairava reveals that these are the two points where Shakti expresses Herself in form of pulsating prana (vital energy). When breath stops for a moment, mind also stops although it happens for such a short time that you miss the point. Satbodh yoga school trains you how to remain aware at the natural stoppage of breath. Shakti is known to be the Shaiva-Mukhi (doorway to Shiva).
To delve deeper into breath philosophy, Satbodh yoga foundation has intrinsically designed seven-days Shodhan Kriya. This traditional kriya comprises breathing techniques to fill your body with vitalizing energy (prana) to turn your consciousness to new dimension. Under regular yoga teacher training course in Rishikesh, breath philosophy is integral part to physical and theoretical aspects. The purpose of breath control is to bring your mind under control effortlessly and stir the divinity hidden in your essential being.